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LENIN COLLECTION

ON THE SUPPLY OF FOOTWEAR TO THE ARMIES OF THE WESTERN FRONT

On the question of supplying the armies of the Western Front with footwear, establish a commission composed of a representative of Glavkozh, Sheinman, Akkerman, or someone specially authorized by him, charging it with presenting to the Council of Labor and Defense precise data from an investigation of the state of the leather industry, the possibility of concluding a deal with foreign countries for the procurement of sole leather, and implementing urgent measures adopted in the name of the Council of Labor and Defense to supply the army with footwear.

Schedule a report on the implementation at the Council of Labor and Defense for Wednesday, May 12, 1920.

ON THE MILITARY SUPPLY OF THE ARMIES OF THE WESTERN FRONT

a) Charge the Council of Military Industry with presenting to the Council of Labor and Defense on Wednesday a report on the state of production in the supply of cartridges, rifles, and machine guns, and practical proposals for increasing military production.

b) Charge the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic with ensuring that a sufficiently competent person is delegated to the session on this question.

ON THE DRAFT MILITARY REGULATION

Charge the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic with presenting to Comrade Stalin tomorrow, May 11, 1920, a draft military regulation, proposing that it first invite a representative of the Supreme Council of the National Economy to participate in the examination of this draft.

1920

5
ON THE REPORT OF I. V. STALIN
ON EXPLOSIONS AT THE ARTILLERY WAREHOUSES OF MOSCOW

Establish a commission composed of Comrade Stalin and representatives of the Moscow Soviet and the All-Russian Union of Trade Unions for discussing emergency measures necessitated by the explosions at the artillery warehouses of Moscow.

ON THE REVIEW OF THE PERSONNEL OF ARTILLERY WAREHOUSES THROUGHOUT RUSSIA

Charge Sklyansky's commission with conducting a review of the personnel of military warehouses and their local departments and submitting weekly reports on the progress of their work to Comrade Stalin.

Chairman of the Council of Labor and Defense

V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Printed according to protocol no. 119 of the emergency session of the Council of Labor and Defense, May 10, 1920

MEMORANDUM BY DIRECT WIRE TO THE PETROGRAD REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE
AND THE SIBERIAN MILITARY SUPPLY ADMINISTRATION

May 10, 1920

The situation regarding the supply of footwear to the army is extremely grave due to an acute shortage of sole leather. By resolution of the Council of Labor and Defense, you are requested to send urgently, by special route, to Moscow at the address of Glavkozh 10,000 puds of sole leather available, according to reports, in the Omsk and Tomsk region. Report implementation immediately by telegraph to the Chairman of the Council of Labor and Defense, the Supreme Council of the National Economy, the Siberian Military Supply Administration, and the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic.

Chairman of the Council of Labor and Defense

Lenin

Printed according to the original corrected and signed by V. I. Lenin.